Musical genius A R Rahman has created history by becoming the first Indian ever to win the coveted Golden Globe Award on Sunday night. The composer won the award for best Original Music Score for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.
Rahman’s work in the track Jai Ho, penned by lyricist Gulzar, won him the award at the 66th Golden Globe Award in Los Angeles.
"Unbelievable..! I thought, I would not win, so anyways thanks to the almighty God for bringing me here... Danny Boyle, Fox pictures, all my musicians in Chennai, Mumbai,... and the billion people from India," he said while accepting the award.
It was a great night for Slumdog Millionaire as Danny Boyle walked away with the prize for Best Director.
Slumdog Millionaire is based on a novel by Indian diplomat Vikash Swarup and stars Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan in lead among others.
The movie which has won numerous accolades abroad releases in India on January 23rd.
Rahman, 43, had also been named best composer at the Critics' Choice Awards in Los Angeles last week. The Golden Globe Awards are given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and are often said to be mini Oscars as the winners at the Golden globe also walk away with the honours at the Oscars, the world's top movie awards given out in February by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
"Unbelievable..! I thought, I would not win, so anyways thanks to the almighty God for bringing me here... Danny Boyle, Fox pictures, all my musicians in Chennai, Mumbai,... and the billion people from India," he said while accepting the award.
It was a great night for Slumdog Millionaire as Danny Boyle walked away with the prize for Best Director.
Slumdog Millionaire is based on a novel by Indian diplomat Vikash Swarup and stars Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan in lead among others.
The movie which has won numerous accolades abroad releases in India on January 23rd.
Rahman, 43, had also been named best composer at the Critics' Choice Awards in Los Angeles last week. The Golden Globe Awards are given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and are often said to be mini Oscars as the winners at the Golden globe also walk away with the honours at the Oscars, the world's top movie awards given out in February by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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